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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RICHARDA MARCUS CONDREY, OF AMORY, MISSSSIPPI.

SHOW-CAS E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters PatentvNo. 634,640, dated October 10,

Application filed Jun 30, 1899. Serial No. 722,442. (No modelil To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I', RICHARD MARCUS CON- DREY, acitizen of the United States, residing at Amory, in the county of Monroe and State of Mississippi, have invented a new and useful Show-Case, of which' the following is a specification. This invention relates to combined display and vending stands for fruit, nuts, and other articles, but particularly designed for fruits; and the essential ,advantages obtained are a thorough ventilation of the fruits at all points and the vendition of the same from the bottom of the device to thereby avoid decay or injury to the lower layer or quantity of the contained fruit and also prevent such layer from being subjected to the pressure or weight of the mass above for any materialflength of time, and consequently obviates crushing or bruising and the deleterious effects ensuing therefrom;

A further advantage sought and obtained is to conveniently position the stand on a show-case or counter and readily accessible to a clerk or salesman and at the same time provide effective means for displaying the contents for inspection of the trade.

The invention consists, primarily, of a baserest having an osetat one end and supporting a vertical main body of cylindrical form provided with a lower extension open at the top, from which the contained articles are withdrawn, the body and extension being made up of a plurality of upright wires connected to terminal binders and having brace ,rings or hoops, the several parts being connected andv heldat predetermined intervals by windings of wire having a gage less than that of the wires of which the lbod y and extension are composed.

The invention further consists of the general details of construction and arrangement of the several parts, which will be more fully hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a perspective view of a stand or receptacle embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section of the same. Fig. 3

is a detail view of parts of the device.

Similar characters of reference are employed to indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

l designates a base-rest of suitable material, preferably wood, having an offset 2 at the end. The perimeter of the base and extension, as shown, is curved, though it is obviously apparent that the contour of said baserest and extension can be changed at will.

Secured to the base-rest 1 and continuing over the offset 2 is a lower binder or marginal wire 3, which is of the same contour as the base-rest and extensiombut of less dimension. The wire 3 is attached to the base-rest and oifsetby staples 4, arranged at regular intervals, and to the said wire 3 the lower ends of vertically-disposed body-wires 5 are connected and similarly attached to an vupper marginal binder 6, which is preferably of circular form, though an elliptical or oval contour would equally Well serve the purpose and in accord with the'geueral contour of the body. At intermediate points between thev binders 3 and brace hoops or rings 7 and S are connected tothe said body-wires 5, a portion of the latter wires terminating at the level of the hoop or rim S to form a free opening between the body of the device and a deliverycage 9, having an upper open end or mouth 10. To construct and support the cage 9, a binder 1l, of wire, closely follows the greater portion of the brace hoop or ring 8 around the body of the device and then projects outward in the form of an extension 12 parallel with a similar part of thebinder below and surrounding the mouth 10 ofthe cage 9. From the extension 12 of theibinder 11 downward to the similar portion of the binder 3 below vertical short wires 13 extend and are connected at their opposite ends to the said extension and the said part of the binder 3 below.l These short wires 13 form the body of .mouth l0 of the cage Q, though under ordinary conditions this will be left entirely clear.

The opposite ends of the vertical wires are connected tothe marginal binders at the several points by looping said ends, and it will be seen and understood that continuous usage of the device might soon displace the several vertical wires and change their relative po-y sitions with evident disadvantage. To guard against any possibility of the vertical wires having movement and to resist any in tluence that may be exerted by the articles contained within the device to spread the said wires, a wrapping-Wire 1S, of smaller gage,ris run around the marginal binders 3 and 6 and the ends of the said vertical Wires connected thereto and also around the extension l2.v

Similar wires are also won nd around the brace hoops or rings 7 and 8 and the adjacent vertical wires, and the binder ll is connected to the hoop or ring 8 by one of the said windings, as clearlyy shown in Fig. By these windings of wire 18 the brace hoops or rings are prevented from slipping and the binder 1l is held incontinuons close relation tothe hoop or ring 8. A reinforcement is thus provided, and the strength of the entire device is materially benefitted by such addition.

In the use of the device the fruit or other material is placed in the main body through the top of the latter and presses upon the base-rest l as well as offset 2. As the material is deposited in the main body it gradually fills the'cage 9, going through the clear opening between the body and said cage, and above the level of the month of the cage the body is entirely filled. As the contents are vended and taken from the mouth l0 of the cage 9, the depletion is replaced in the cage automatically by the contents of the body settling toward the bottom or base rest, and thus the bottom layer is pushed forward or worked up continuously. At all times the ventilation of the contents of the device is thorough, and by removing the articles through the cage 9 from the bottom decay or other injury is avoided, particularly to fruits, as the bottom layer is repeatedly renewed as often as a quantity of the contained articles is withdrawn through the said cage.

Changes in the proportions, size, and minor details may be made without departing from the nature of the invention or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof.

Having thus described the invention, what y is claimed as new is- 1. A device of the character set forth comprising a base-'rest having an offset, a vertical body provided with upper and lower marginal binders, vertical wires connected to said binders at opposite ends and varying in length at one portion to form a cage having an upper open end and a feed-opening between the cage and main body of the device, a marginal binder extending around the top of the cage and the said body, and brace hoops or rings arranged at intervals on the said body.

2. In a device of the character set forth, the combination of a base-rest having an offset, a vertical body provided with an extension or cage over the offset having an upper open end or mouth, the said body and extension or cage comprising upper lower and intermediate bindersand vertical wires of varying lengths connected to the said binders, brace hoops or rings surrounding the body, one of whichv is attached' to the intermediate binder, and means for holding the vertical wires in their predetermined relation.

3. In a device of the character set'forth the combination of a base-rest, a main body having a cage or extension at the lower portion thereof provided with an upper open end, the said body and extension or cage being composed of a series of vertical Wires and marginal binders, and brace hoops or'rings arranged at intervals around the body, one of said brace-hoops being adjacent a part of one of the binders, and a wire wound around the binder hoops or rings and the vertical wires.

4. A device of the character set forth comprising a main body having a cage or extension at the lower portion provided with an upper open end or mouth and in clear communication with the said body, the said body and extension or cage being composed of a seriesof vertical wires braced at the ends and intermediate points and regularly spaced apart from each other, and means for holding said wires in their predetermined spaced relation.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afxed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

RICHARD MARCUS OONDREY.

Titnessesz W. H. NAnons, E. D. GrLMonn.

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